List of U.S. state and territory flowers

"List of state flowers" redirects here. For Australian state flowers, see List of Australian floral emblems.


This is a list of U.S. state, federal district, and territory flowers.

State
federal district
or territory		 Common name Scientific name Image Year
Alabama Camellia
(state flower)		 Camellia japonica 1959
(clarified
1999)[1]
Oak-leaf hydrangea
(state wildflower)		 Hydrangea quercifolia 1999[2]
Alaska Forget-me-not Myosotis alpestris 1917[3]
American Samoa Paogo (Ulafala) Pandanus tectorius 1973[4]
Arizona Saguaro cactus blossom Carnegiea gigantea 1931[5]
Arkansas Apple blossom Malus 1901[6]
California California poppy Eschscholzia californica 1903[7]
Colorado Colorado blue columbine Aquilegia coerulea 1899[8]
Connecticut Mountain laurel
(state flower)		 Kalmia latifolia 1907[9]
Michaela Petit's Four-O’Clocks
(children's state flower)		 Mirabilis jalapa 2015[10]
Delaware Peach blossom Prunus persica 1953[11]
District of Columbia American Beauty Rose Rosa 1925[4]
Florida Orange blossom
(state flower)		 Citrus sinensis Orange blossom 1909[12]
Tickseed
(state wildflower)		 Coreopsis spp. Coreopsis gladiata 1991[13]
Georgia Cherokee rose
(state floral emblem)		 Rosa laevigata 1916[14]
Azalea
(state wildflower)		 Rhododendron 1979[15]
Guam Bougainvillea spectabilis Bougainvillea spectabilis 1968[4]
Hawaii Hawaiian hibiscus
(maʻo hau hele)		 Hibiscus brackenridgei 1988[16][17]
Idaho Syringa, mock orange Philadelphus lewisii 1931[18]
Illinois Violet
(state flower)		 Viola 1907[19]
Milkweed
(state wildflower)		 Asclepias spp. 2017[20]
Indiana Peony Paeonia 1957[21]
Iowa Wild rose Rosa arkansana 1897[22][23]
Kansas Sunflower Helianthus annuus 1903[24]
Kentucky Goldenrod Solidago gigantea 1926[25]
Louisiana Magnolia
(state flower)		 Magnolia 1900[26]
Louisiana iris
(state wildflower)		 Iris giganticaerulea 1990[27]
Maine White pine cone and tassel Pinus strobus 1895[28]
Maryland Black-eyed susan Rudbeckia hirta 1918[29]
Massachusetts Mayflower Epigaea repens 1918[30]
Michigan Apple blossom
(state flower)		 Malus 1897[31]
Dwarf lake iris
(state wildflower)		 Iris lacustris 1998[32]
Minnesota Pink and white lady's slipper Cypripedium reginae 1902 (enacted 1967)[33][34]
Mississippi Magnolia
(state flower)		 Magnolia 1900 (enacted 1952)[35]
Tickseed
(state wildflower)		 Coreopsis 1991[36]
Missouri Hawthorn Crataegus 1923[37]
Montana Bitterroot Lewisia rediviva 1894[38]
Nebraska Goldenrod Solidago gigantea 1895[39]
Nevada Sagebrush Artemisia tridentata 1967[40]
New Hampshire Purple lilac
(state flower)		 Syringa vulgaris 1919[41]
Pink lady's slipper
(state wildflower)		 Cypripedium acaule 1991[41]
New Jersey Violet Viola sororia 1971[42][43]
New Mexico Yucca flower Yucca 1927[44]
New York Rose Rosa 1955[45]
North Carolina Flowering dogwood
(state flower)		 Cornus florida 1941[46]
Carolina lily
(state wildflower) 		Lilium michauxii 2003[47][48]
North Dakota Wild prairie rose Rosa blanda
or arkansana		 1907[49]
Northern Mariana Islands Flores mayo Plumeria 1979[4]
Ohio Scarlet carnation
(state flower)		 Dianthus caryophyllus 1953[50]
Large white trillium
(state wild flower)		 Trillium grandiflorum 1987[51]
Oklahoma Oklahoma rose
(state flower)		 Rosa 2004[52]
Indian blanket
(state wildflower)		 Gaillardia pulchella 1986[52]
Mistletoe
(state floral emblem)		 Phoradendron leucarpum 1893[52]
Oregon Oregon grape Berberis aquifolium 1899[53]
Pennsylvania Mountain laurel
(state flower)		 Kalmia latifolia 1933[54]
Penngift crown vetch
(beautification and
conservation plant)		 Coronilla varia 1982[54]
Puerto Rico Flor de Maga Thespesia grandiflora 2019[55][56]
Rhode Island Violet Viola 1968[57][58]
South Carolina Yellow jessamine
(state flower)		 Gelsemium sempervirens 1924[59]
Goldenrod
(state wildflower)		 Solidago altissima 2003[60]
South Dakota Pasque flower Pulsatilla hirsutissima 1903[61]
Tennessee Iris
(state cultivated flower)		 Iris 1933[62]
Purple passionflower
(state wildflower 1)		 Passiflora incarnata 1919[62]
Tennessee purple coneflower
(state wildflower 2)		 Echinacea tennesseensis 2012[62]
Texas Bluebonnet spp. Lupinus spp. 1901
(broadened
in 1971)[63]
Utah Sego lily Calochportus nuttallii 1911[64]
Vermont Red clover Trifolium pratense 1894[65]
Virgin Islands Yellow Elder Tecoma stans 1934[4]
Virginia American dogwood Cornus florida 1918[66][67]
Washington Coast rhododendron Rhododendron macrophyllum 1892
(officially
1959)[68]
West Virginia Rhododendron Rhododendron maximum 1903[69]
Wisconsin Wood violet Viola papilionacea Wood Violet 1909[70]
Wyoming Indian paintbrush Castilleja linariifolia 1917[71][72]
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